activation of abilities

[Meran]

Currently all abilities activate on pressing a key. I would like to change that to activation on release of a key. This only occurs in ffxiv and not in other games, so I think it is a game setting. Please help.

[worldofneil]

Sorry, but as far as I know you can't do this in XIV. I can't personally think of any games where this actually happens where releasing a key triggers as action. Usually you want whatever to happen as soon as possible (i.e. pressing the key).

[Mhaeric]

I was curious, so I went and tested in the games I currently have installed.

ESO: Activates on release
GW1: Activates on press
GW2: Activates on press
FFXI: Activates on press

I was honestly surprised by ESO, actually. I suppose that lets them differentiate between light and heavy attacks even though that's normally done via the mouse, so it kind of makes sense there. I vaguely recall Wildstar having this, since they have the telegraph system for everything, and that would allow you to line up your telegraph. But we don't have anything like either of those here so there's no need for it in FFXIV.

[Einmimiria]

Good afternoon and thank you for posting on the Final Fantasy XIV Technical Support Forums.

The above posters are correct (thank you for research, by the way). Unfortunately, there is no in-game option for doing an action on release of the button. You may be able to do this with a programmable keyboard/mouse by selecting what action are to be done when you release the button. However, this would be outside of the game environment so I'm not sure how the game will react to this.

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[CainCrimson]

I was curious, so I went and tested in the games I currently have installed.

ESO: Activates on release
GW1: Activates on press
GW2: Activates on press
FFXI: Activates on press

I was honestly surprised by ESO, actually. I suppose that lets them differentiate between light and heavy attacks even though that's normally done via the mouse, so it kind of makes sense there. I vaguely recall Wildstar having this, since they have the telegraph system for everything, and that would allow you to line up your telegraph. But we don't have anything like either of those here so there's no need for it in FFXIV.

DC Universe Online: Activates by press

[Meran]

thanks for your input everyone. Several months i ran across an option to switch from activate on release of a key to activate on pressing a key. I was talking to a friend at the time and we discussed it and i decided to try it. This has caused issues with drag and drop and several other things in the game and i want to switch back. Unfortunately i can't find this option any more. Since my friend and i were playing ffxiv at the time, i thought the option was part of the game. I have looked at my mouse and keyboard settings and can't find it either. I don't want to do something drastic like wipe my machine and reload everything. was hoping someone would have a solution.

[Einmimiria]

Thank you for the update Meran.

There isn't an option like that in-game, so you must have adjusted it outside of the game. Do you own a programmable mouse or keyboard (or even something like a gaming keyboard)? Does it come with it's own program or drivers?

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[Einmimiria]

Hello everyone,

Due to no response from the original poster, this thread will be moved to 'Closed Concerns.' If anyone is still having this particular problem, please create a new thread and we will assist you in any way we can.

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